![]() ![]() Like all manuscripts, they were written by hand on a page of parchment, usually a piece of animal skin known as vellum. You will find examples of both single page manuscripts as well as entirely illuminated books below. Size: Approximately 130 linear feet, plus 2-3 vitrines (not provided)Įxhibition fee includes: approximate 12 week loan period digital versions of labels, text panels, and educational booklet and a marketing packet including several high-resolution images, captions, and a sample press release. Illuminated manuscripts were a type of manuscript that were produced mainly in Western Europe from the 6th century until the invention of the printing press in the 15th century. He was a longtime resident of Cleveland, where he served as professor of art history and dean of the Cleveland Institute of Art.Ĭontents: 37 sheets (including four bifolios) in 31 frames 1 bound manuscript 1 scroll 1 framed original Otto Ege promotional flyer and manuscript-making materials display Learn the history of and painstaking process involved in creating an illuminated manuscript, and explore seven of the worlds most illustrious examples. Nearly all of the manuscript pages entered the collection of the Reading Public Museum through Otto Ege, a well-known bookseller and manuscript specialist, who was born in Reading in 1888. French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Flemish, English, Armenian, and German examples will be included in addition to non-Western pages, including seventeenth- and eighteenth-century leaves from the Koran and Shahnameh (the Persian illustrated Book of Kings), as well as examples of Hebrew texts. Most of the works date from the thirteenth through the eighteenth centuries and are ink on parchment (prepared animal skin). Examples of the materials-gold leaf, parchment, vellum, and minerals which were ground into pigments-used by artists to create these extraordinary pages are also featured in the exhibit. ![]() The show includes examples from medieval European Bibles, prayer books, psalters, books of hours, choir books, missals, breviaries, and lectionaries. Painted Pages: Illuminated Manuscripts explores the golden age of handmade books, some of which employed elaborate gold leaf decoration and intricate ornament. CARTOUCHE An ornament most often in the form of a shield or a scroll that serves as a frame for information, most often an inscription or a coat of arms. The conservation and restoration of illuminated manuscripts is the care and treatment of illuminated manuscripts which have cultural and historical significance so that they may be viewed, read, and studied now and in the future. Voyage to the Deep: Underwater Adventures Member Farewell CARPET PAGE A manuscript page usually found in INSULAR manuscripts that does not carry text but instead elaborate designs that supposedly resemble those found on an Eastern carpet.
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